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The ambucopter arrived on scene within 11 minutes and assisted a land crew. Again, the patient was transported to hospital by land.

The crew then landed briefly at the Waddington Aircraft Viewing Area to meet some fundraisers before being dispatched to their next mission at 3.30pm – a road traffic collision in Great Ponton, near Grantham, involving a motorcyclist.

Arriving on scene in just 17 minutes, medics assisted a land crew in treating the rider who had a back injury.

The patient was able to be transported to Peterborough Hospital by land and the crew arrived back at base at 4.44pm.

The new air ambulance took to the skies in June

They were then called out to another motorcyclist, this time at Gedney Hill, near Spalding, who had sustained a traumatic head injury as well as a serious leg injury.

Due to the seriousness and time-critical nature of the injuries, the crew airlifted the patient to Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, arriving back to base at 7.34pm.

Chief executive of the charity Karen Jobling, said: “Our Helicopter Emergency Medical Service has evolved significantly over the past two decades since the Lincolnshrie and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance was first established in 1994.

"Greater emphasis is now put on delivering high level pre-hospital critical care to patients at the scene of the accident or incident, including the advanced procedures that our highly trained medics and on-board doctor can provide to support the land ambulance crews.

“Patients can then be transported to the best hospital for their needs in the most appropriate way, which can be by land, sometimes accompanied in the land ambulance by one of our crew.

"Our helicopter can then be immediately available again to deliver life-saving care at the next life-threatening emergency as soon as possible, giving even more patients their best chance of survival possible.

"Yesterday was a great example of this team work, enhanced by the speed of our new helicopter.”

Paramedic Neil Clarke said: “Thanks to the greater endurance of our new helicopter, we were able to respond to five serious, possibly life-threatening, incidents yesterday – above our daily average of three missions.

"Our crew worked alongside the land ambulance crews, delivering advanced procedures and pain relief, as well as delivering a doctor to the scene within minutes of the call coming in, increasing the patient’s chances of survival.”

To find out more about this life-saving charity, or to make a donation, please visit ambucopter.org.uk